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Winter Wheat: The Mid-American Review Festival of Writing2013 WorkshopsA WORKSHOPS: FRIDAY 3:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m.A1. “Haunted Places” with Catherine Carberry and Katrin TschirgiBy exploring our past and collective memories, we see that haunted places provide a wealth of inspired stories and allow us to understand the intersection of past and present, living and dead.A2. “Poets on Sports” with Justin Carter and Karissa Morton“Poets on Sports” is a workshop about how poets can use sports in their work. We'll look at examples that span the gambit of poetry, from Updike to Mary Karr, then we'll set you loose to craft your own sports-related poem.A3. “Meditative Poetry” with Roberto ElizondoThis workshop will explore the relationship between meditation and poetry. We will begin by meditating in silence for ten minutes, then we’ll read sacred poetry from Rumi and Buddhism. Finally, we will write one short poem about our own spiritual experience and discuss it with others.A4. “Finding Writers and Writing Inside the Classroom and Out” with Marissa Marangoni and Tobin F. TerryIn this workshop, participants will discuss how creative writing can be used as a tool for teaching in situations where stories are not always welcomed or encouraged, and areas in life where we find our writers’ minds stifled and silenced.A5. “Typesetting the Electron: eBooks, eProduction, and You” with Zach TarvinA number of literary journals are moving toward offering their issues as eBooks alongside their print editions. This session explores how editors, advisors, and writers can make content available to audiences that were previously unreachable. Got questions? Bring them!A6. “Launching a New Literary Magazine: The First Year of Slippery Elm at The University of Findlay” with Chase Troxell, Kaylene Slayton, Katie Mackendanz, Tabatha Wolph, Miranda Roehler, and Dave EssingerSlippery Elm is a new annual, print literary magazine at The University of Findlay, open to all writers. Student editors and staff members will share their experiences so far, and discuss the opportunities and challenges of launching and sustaining a new literary magazine. A.7 “You and Your Self-Addressed-Stamped-Envelope: Sending out Work” with Jessica Dawn ZinzIn this discussion, a former editor will discuss methods of submitting, what editors look for, writing cover letters, deciding what to send, lists of journals to submit to, and using Duotrope to organize your submissions. You’ll leave ready to submit and hopeful of acceptances. B WORKSHOPS: FRIDAY 4:30 p.m.- 5:45 p.m.B1. “Genre Bending: Adding a Dash of Magic to Your Realistic Fiction” with Liz Breazeale, Jackie Cummins, and Laura Maylene WalterWe’ll discuss and practice techniques writers can use to incorporate a touch of the unreal in the everyday world of their characters. Participants will have the opportunity to put into practice what they’ve learned through writing exercises designed to spark some literary magic.B2. "The Difference Between Rock and Bone: A Revision Strategies Tool Kit" with Traci BrimhallGuest reader Traci Brimhall talks revision strategies—ideas and helpful hints, plus exercises for experimenting.B3. “Who Watches the Watchmen: Examining Comic Books and Graphic Novels as Literature” with Brian KlueterIn this session, participants will look at examples of comic books and graphic novels and discuss their merits as literary works. Popular works (DC, Marvel, Dark Horse) and those of critical acclaim (Watchmen, V for Vendetta) will be included.B4. “Poetry with Personality: Writing Persona and Character in Poetry” with Casey NicholsThis workshop will discuss the ways in which we write about people we know (or people we don’t), the challenges of writing from the perspective of a persona, and what our persona poems reveal about ourselves. Participants will spend time writing to create a strong persona or character of their own.B5. “From Fact to Fiction: Using Research to Write What You Don’t Know” with Kelcey Parker and Sharon ShortToo often, research is seen as the domain of nonfiction writers, while fiction writers are encouraged to stick to “what you know.” We’ll practice to transform the material from primary documents into engaging stories. Feel free to bring of few of your own primary materials.B6. “Getting Lit on Campus: Managing a Community College Literary Magazine” with Tobin F. Terry and James B. De MonteThis presentation will feature two very different approaches to running a community college literary magazine. The discussion will consider issues related to funding, advertising, submissions, course credit, and online versus print publishing. B7. Student Editor Meet and Greet with Prairie Margins and Slippery ElmC WORKSHOPS: SATURDAY 9:00 a.m.-10:15 p.m.C1. “Taming the Panther, Tribe of Tiger: Animals in Poetry” with Lauren Boulton and Chelsea KerwinUsing readings involving animals—through description, anthropomorphizing, or metaphor—our workshop will explore the tradition of beast-themed poetry. Participants will create their own animal poems using interactive writing prompts. What is your spirit animal?C2. “Chance Poems” with Abigail CloudIs there really such a thing as a “chance poem”? Perhaps chance is about sparking something within. In this session, we’ll take our chances by enjoying some word games and other gathering, gleaning activities, and experiment with writing poems from those bits and pieces.C3. “All Scenes Are Duels” with Brad FelverIn this session, we will examine ways to create and elongate tension in a scene. We will consider a few famous examples, discuss potential strategies, and then try our hands at infusing scenes with tension.C4. “The Rules of Writing: Golden or Broken?” with Kathie GiorgioAs soon as a writer takes that first class or reads that first craft book, he or she is besieged with “writing rules.” This session is an open and frank discussion on these writing rules and how well they pertain to the real world of writing—should the rules be clasped to the heart or kicked to the curb? C5. “Song of the South: Using Dialect Effectively in Fiction” with Matt McGuireDialect is that truest of double-edged swords. Used with care, a few choice lines of dialogue can transport a reader. Abused, overused, or mistreated, dialect can ravage even the strongest story. This workshop will focus on the effective use of dialect in fiction, with the opportunity to write a brief scene.C6. “Writing the Imaginary Landscape” with F. Daniel Rzicznek and Bryan GatozziThis exploratory workshop will offer suggestions and prompts for writers of all genres hoping to sharpen their senses of expanse and enclosure. Writers will come into closer contact with their physical and psychic surroundings while investigating the landscapes of memory and imagination.C7. “Ekphrasis” with Brett SipesIn this workshop we will discuss ekphrastic poetry and how poets can draw inspiration from visual art. We will examine and discuss works of art, poems, and different techniques for approaching ekphrastic work. There will also be time for writing and sharing our own ekphrastic poems.C8. “You’re Creeping Me Out: Letting Your Narrator’s Dark Side Shine” with Laura Maylene WalterIn this session, we’ll examine examples of fiction written from the point of view of “dark” characters. We’ll consider why these characters are compelling, discuss how to effectively tell a story in a creepy character’s voice, and address common pitfalls writers may encounter when creating these narrators.D WORKSHOPS: SATURDAY 10:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m.D1. “The Journey Story: Theory and Practice” with Lawrence CoatesIn this session, we will be taking a formalist approach to the journey story, breaking it down into elements, and analyzing how it works. It is my hope that at the end of the session, you’ll have some ideas that can be developed into a well-wrought work of fiction. D2. “’You’re Luciphrastic!’” The Poet as Light Speaker” with Michelle DeschenesWe will discuss the various meditations on luciphrastic poetry and what differentiates it from ekphrastic poetry. Participants will have time to write based on a photograph they have brought, one from memory, or one they’ve been provided. We’ll close by sharing the experience of writing a luciphrastic poem.D3. “Don’t Start Me Talking: Great First Lines and How to Craft Them” with Chris Drabick and Eric WassermanWhen submitting for publication, the importance of grabbing attention with a story’s first sentence is clear. We will read and discuss a bevy of memorable first lines of both short stories and novels, and spend some time generating our own first lines, then searching for ways to improve or refine.D4. “Showing and Not Telling” with Andrew NepomucenoConfused and frustrated because people keep telling you, “Show, don’t tell”? Then this workshop is for you! Come and break your bad habits of telling and become the envy of your colleagues. This workshop will begin with a look at the differences between showing and telling, and include writing time for both.D5. “Online Journals: Submitting, Creating, Editing” with Gabriel Scala and Caroline MorrellThis panel will look specifically at online journals from two angles: as writers submitting to them for publication and as editors looking to create a new literary magazine. As part of our workshop, participants will be encouraged to write drafts of their own submission letters or mission statements.CANCELED D6. “The Public Pool: Writing Poems of Place” with Karen SchubertOur memories are often tied up in the sensory texture of a room or a tree or that stairwell we loved to sing in. We will read a few poems to locate the elements of place, and then begin some poems using prompts, like that diving board at the public pool, where we crossed ourselves with shivering fingers.D7. “Whose Story Is It? Ethics in Creative Nonfiction” with Sarah WhiteWhose story is it to tell? You have a creative nonfiction piece you want to write, but it involves your mom, your spouse, your child, that crazy ex-girlfriend from high school.... Where do we draw the line? If it's part of my experience, am I justified in sharing it? Let's discuss the ethics of nonfiction. D8. “Books on TV” with Megan Wright and Brian KlueterWe’ll talk about the recent changes in television that allow books to become TV series. Are people running out of ideas or simply moving books to a new medium? Why are books on TV so popular?E WORKSHOPS: SATURDAY 1:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m.E1. “Revision and Rewriting: A Practical Method” with Matt BellIn this session, you’ll learn dozens of practical techniques useful for improving all kinds of creative prose. We will also discuss how the hard work of revising and rewriting might be done better, working from the assumption that rewriting is writing, new drafts exceeding the promise of their raw inspirations. E2. “Truth or Fiction—Which Is Stranger?” with David Giffels, Eric Wasserman, and Chris DrabickA fiction writer, a creative nonfiction writer, and a writer who works in both genres discuss their experiences turning real-life material into fiction, and using the techniques of fiction to tell true stories. Which is the greater challenge? What are the ethical, practical and creative boundaries? E3. “The Uses of Villainy” with Jason HarrisA good villain can be fascinating. Not only will we explore how antagonists offer opportunities for meaningful conflict in a story, but we will consider various ways that a compelling villain helps to develop other elements of character, setting, and plot. E4. “Up Close and Personal with Your Characters” with Nathen Martin In this workshop we will experience character interviews—participants will learn how to investigate their characters in a personal way, questioning characters to learn more about them.E5. “So You Wanna Be a Sonneteer?” with Yosef Rosen and Jenelle ClausenIn this workshop, we’ll talk about the history of the sonnet form and look at some notable examples, then work on some jumpstarting exercises. Participants will share their new work and talk about revision strategies for difficulties in sonnet-writing.CANCELED E6. “Writing Prose Poetry” with Karen SchubertSome of the most engaging contemporary poetry is in the prose poem form. This generous container lets a poet stretch her legs and mess around with tone and story. Still, there are challenges. Can a prose poem be too, well, prosey? How does a poet know when to break the line and when to go for prose? E7. “Diagramming the City, the Experience, the Population of Butterflies: Using Maps and Cartography in Creative Writing” with Anne ValenteIn this interactive session, we will discuss and test out using maps to enhance or even define creative work. Writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction alike can find innovative ways to use maps and cartography to diagram both tangible and intangible aspects of their creative writing. E8. “The End of the Line: A Workshop on the Line Break” with Sara Watson, Julia Koets, and Linwood RumneyIn this workshop, participants will explore how the line break affects tone, pace, meaning, and energy in poetry and how it functions in relation to the sentence. We will examine representative poems leading into writing prompts and group activities, exploring the potential of the line break.E9. “Improv: Kinetic Writing and World Building” with Natalie Wilson and Hannah McDonaldWe will explore how performance-based improvisation can boost world-building and character development skills. Activities will include spurts of high-energy improv games, followed by freewriting, giving participants time to reflect on the world that was created in their scene, and take it further. F WORKSHOPS: SATURDAY 2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.F1. “Emerging Millenials: A New Age of Writers and Readers” with Joseph CelizicJoin us as we read excerpts of fiction that reflect Millennial characteristics, such as pragmatism, greater mastery of and reliance on technology, and social responsibility, explore the similarities between Millennial writers and GI’s (the last Civic generation), and practice writing “like a Millennial.”F2. “Three or Four Things at Once: The Multi-tasking Poet/Poem” with Jeff GundySome of us started doing three or four things at once long before Smartphones and Netflix. This workshop will explore poems and practices to help us stop feeling guilty, drink deeply and well from the intoxicating data streams all around us, and revel in the possibilities for writing they enable. F3. “Making the Myth, Writing the Legend” with Suzanne HodsdenFor some, plot construction can be one of the most baffling elements of writing. This seminar will shed light on its classical constructions by looking to the ancient myths, which help us to see plot as an interconnected web of desire, action, reaction, and consequence. We’ll conclude by taking a crack at our own myth-making.F4. “Flash Fiction (Battle to the Death)” with Zach Kocanda, Brian Klueter, and Chris PaulParticipants will have 45 minutes to write a flash fiction story of 1,000 words or fewer, based on a picture prompt. Participants will share, and then vote for their favorite story; the top two will compete in a face-off duel at the Saturday evening open mic. There will be a prize!CANCELED F5. “Lighting the Dark Corners: Writing Historically Based Poetry” with Karen KotrbaOur personal pasts often make their way into our work, but what about the historical past? We can create compelling poems by exploring history’s neglected corners. This session will focus on research and writing strategies. Time will allotted for practice with writing prompts. F6. “Using Social Media to Promote Yourself and Your Work” with Jennifer SaderThough this is not a creative writing session in the traditional sense, learning more about using social media to help promote published works is very valuable. The session includes a brief overview of social media and some basics on how to use it, illustrated with examples from authors.F7. “Access & Empathy in Persona Poems” with Qiana Towns and Jonterri GadsonThrough close readings of work by the likes of Patricia Smith and Ai, and writing exercises that explore personas in poetry, participants will gain an understanding of how empathy enhances their ability to access personas in their writing. F8. “The Counterintuitive Workshop” with Dara WierFor this workshop we’ll be trying out counterintuitive means of writing: You’ll be encouraged to do what amounts to doing something someone has indicated to you that you shouldn’t be doing. Thirty minutes to write; the rest to read and talk about what doing the wrong thing can do.F9. “Committing the Crime: Mining the Riches of Cross-Genre Writing” with Christiane Buuck and Meredith DoenchLiterary writers are often accused of having beautiful words but little plot. Crime fiction writers are often told their prose is just a vehicle for action. In this workshop we’ll explore the strengths and limitations of both genres and pinpoint how the best parts of each genre can strengthen the other. ................
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